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Should You Refer to Yourself as ‘We’ On Your Website?
Hey, so remember that time we talked about how fucking douchey it is to talk about yourself in the third person on your own website? Yeah, I’m really glad you decided to stop doing that, because ugh....
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How to Make a Freelance Writing Website: A Comprehensive Guide
You could argue that you don’t need a website to become a freelance writer. You could. But then I would tell you to sit down, shut the fuck up, and listen to this. While yes, you may be able to snag...
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How NOT to Open Your Website
How many times have you seen one of the following when you first landed on a website? ‘Hello!’ ‘Welcome!’ ‘Welcome to [site name]!’ ‘Welcome to my little corner of the internet!’ And how many times did...
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How Carlo Makes 5 Figures a Month Through His Writing Biz — Without Writing...
My buddy Carlo Cretaro runs a content writing business exclusively over the web. That means he has the freedom to travel the world, going wherever he wants whenever he wants, so long as he’s got his...
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Should You Offer Other Services Alongside Writing?
One of the students on my new course emailed me about his idea to add some other services to his new writing business — services such as web development, UX design, SEO, etc. He already has experience...
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Why I Won’t Be Launching My New Blog After All
You may remember back in June I announced I was going to start a new blog — a more personal one. After a life-affirming week in Berlin, I remembered what life was all about (again), and that it...
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3 Things You Must Do Before Starting Work with a Client
When you’re a new freelance writer, you may be tempted to dive into a project straightaway, no questions asked, because you’re terrified the client will change their mind about working with you, or,...
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How to Set Up a Professional Email Address
When you start out as a freelance writer, every element of how you present yourself is important. If you have an ugly website, people will think you’re an amateur. If your punctuation and spelling and...
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Life as a Freelancer and Mother of Toddlers: An Interview with Gina Horkey
I met Gina — a fellow freelance writer/biz owner — on Twitter a few months ago, and we quickly to decided to hop on a Google Hangout to get to know each other a bit better, as you do. (Oh internets, I...
View ArticleIs Your Fear Keeping Your Rates Low?
If you ever want to start making decent money from freelance writing, you must stop operating from a place of fear and scarcity — feeling like this client is the only client you’ll ever have, and that...
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